Belated Romance (Mu Tongrui)
Chapter 2

Chapter 2

“Mu Tongrui?! Why are you here?”

Suddenly, a middle-aged woman's voice was heard. As soon as Mu Tongrui turned her head, she sawher stepmother, Shen Qiu, coming in from outside.

The pair of scumbag and b*tch upstairs also looked downstairs after hearing the sound.

A trace of panic flashed across Jian Zhe's eyes. “Tongrui, w-why are you back?”

Mu Tongrui curled her lips and stared at Jian Zhe with a sneer. “This is my home, why can't I comeback?”

Shen Wanyue, who was leaning in Jian Zhe's arms, smirked, and mocked, “Your home? This villa is notcalled the Mu's residence now.”

Mu Tongrui frowned. “What do you mean?”

Dressed in a short skirt and a pair of high heels, Shen Wanyue walked down the stairs slowly. “Tenmonths ago, your father, Mu Guangqing, committed suicide by jumping off the building, leaving behinda large amount of debt. If it weren't for my mother, this villa would have to be mortgaged! So, this houseno longer belongs to the Mu's now! It belongs to the Shen's!”

Committed suicide by jumping off the building? How is that possible?

Mu Tongrui grabbed Shen Wanyue's collar, and said angrily with a pale and agitated face, “Whatnonsense are you talking about? How could my father jump off a building? You'd better give me a clearexplanation!”

“Just talk with your mouth! Don't touch me! Let go of me, Mu Tongrui!”

Bam!

Mu Tongrui was pushed to the ground by Jian Zhe!

Her whole body hurt like her bones were breaking!

With bloodshot eyes, she stared at Jian Zhe and Shen Wanyue. “Return my dad to me! Did you joinhands to kill my dad?”

“Enough! You still have the audacity to ask about your dad, huh? Where were you when your dad wasin trouble? You disappeared without saying a word for ten whole months, and yet you only think of himnow? Humph! Your short-lived dad has long been forced by his creditor to commit suicide by jumpingoff the building!”

“That's impossible! I clearly deposited 10 million into his account! He can't be so desperate that he hasto commit suicide!”

“Ten million? Humph. Dream on! You don't have ten million.”

Mu Tongrui's mind went blank. As she stared at Shen Qiu's vicious eyes, a terrible conjecture poppedinto her mind.

Shen Qiu—her father's second wife, and her stepmother—stole the ten million she received inexchange for her dignity and innocence.

This ten million was the money her father needed urgently!

Mu Tongrui trembled with anger, and even her voice was trembling. She choked and said, “You stolethe ten million, didn't you? You killed my father, right?! Return my dad to me! Return my dad to me!”

Getting up, she quickly took a fruit knife from a table at the side, and headed toward Shen Qiu andShen Wanyue!

“Ah! She is crazy! Jian Zhe! Hurry up, and stop this lunatic!”

Jian Zhe grabbed her wrist, while the fruit knife cut the skin on her arm, and fell to the ground, before itwas kicked away by Jian Zhe.

Shen Qiu stared at her defensively, and yelled angrily, “Wanyue! Go to take out her father's urn andreturn it to her!”

Mu Tongrui parted her lips, staring at the urn in a daze...

Dad’s urn... Is it really Dad's ashes inside?

Shen Qiu took the urn and threw it into Mu Tongrui's arms. “The grave now is so expensive! It's alsobad luck to put it at home! So, I'll just give it back to you! Just act like you don't know us when you seeus in the future!”

Mu Tongrui held the urn tightly in her arms, with tears rolling down her cheeks. “Dad, why did you jumpoff the building? How can you leave me before I can see you for the last time? You said you will wait formy return. You promised.”

“Now that you have your father's urn, get out now! Jian Zhe, throw her out!”

“Now that you have your father's urn, get out now! Jian Zhe, throw her out!”

Jian Zhe violently pulled her injured arm and pushed her to the door. He also 'kindly' threw a hundred incash to her, saying, “Tongrui, it's raining heavily, you should take a taxi and leave! Don't come hereagain!”

Holding the money, she asked, “Are you dismissing a beggar?”

The bill was instantly torn to pieces by her, and was thrown in his face. “Jian Zhe! I'll repay the thingsyou; Shen Qiu and Shen Wanyue have done to me in hundredfold at any cost in the future!”

Impatience flashed across Jian Zhe's face before he slammed the door shut!

The wind from the door closing hit her small pale face, making her feel bitterly cold.

With the urn in her arms, Mu Tongrui dragged her tired body in the heavy rain. Under the dark night,her shadow became long and lonely...

“Dad, I'm taking you home.”

After walking in the rainy night for some time, Mu Tongrui knelt down under the icy rain due toexhaustion. She carefully held the urn in her arms, her slender arms blocking the heavy rain. With herpale face hanging down, she raised the corners of her mouth slightly. “Dad, I can't walk anymore. Weno longer have a home... but one day, I will take you back to our real home!”

In the rainy night, a dazzling light shone on her body.

A black low-key and luxury limited-edition Maybach stopped steadily after sudden braking.

Inside the car, the driver looked at the thin and weak figure who had fainted in front of the car, and saidnervously, “Oh no, Mr. Fu, I hit a woman.”

The man's cold stern face was hidden under the dim light. The emotions on his face were difficult to bediscerned. He said coldly, “Get her inside the car, and take her to the hospital.”